Monday, December 09, 2013

He seemed to have an understanding that whites and other non-blacks
were essential for a peaceful and prosperous South Africa. He also,
surprise, did not go full Mugabe. He won election--although the vote
counting was suspicious--served his term, trying to unite blacks,
whites, Asians, and others into accepting the new post-apartheid South
Africa. He did not try to drive the whites out, and did not go around
confiscating farms and businesses. He did not encourage revenge against
whites and sought a reconciliation of the races. A practical politician,
he turned a blind eye to the rampant corruption among the ANC, finding
it better to let the party members expend their revolutionary fervor
making money. At the end of his term, he stepped down. Yes, he stepped
down. That is an amazing thing in Africa; he stepped down on completing
his term of office.